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Fixing

noun

1.

The act of putting something in working order again. Synonyms: fix, fixture, mend, mending, repair, reparation.

2.

Restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place. Synonyms: fastener, fastening, holdfast.

3.

The sterilization of an animal. Synonyms: altering, neutering.

4.

(histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body. Synonym: fixation.

Fix

verb

(past & past part. fixed; pres. part. fixing)

1.

Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken. Synonyms: bushel, doctor, furbish up, mend, repair, restore, touch on. "Repair my shoes please"

2.

Cause to be firmly attached. Synonyms: fasten, secure. "She fixed her gaze on the man"

3.

Decide upon or fix definitely. Synonyms: define, determine, limit, set, specify. "Specify the parameters"

4.

Prepare for eating by applying heat. Synonyms: cook, make, prepare, ready. "Can you make me an omelette?" , "Fix breakfast for the guests, please"

5.

Take vengeance on or get even. Synonyms: get, pay back, pay off. "That'll fix him good!" , "This time I got him"

6.

Set or place definitely.

7.

Kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study.

8.

Make fixed, stable or stationary. Synonym: fixate.

9.

Make infertile. Synonyms: desex, desexualise, desexualize, sterilise, sterilize, unsex.

10.

Influence an event or its outcome by illegal means.

11.

Put (something somewhere) firmly. Synonyms: deposit, posit, situate. "Deposit the suitcase on the bench" , "Fix your eyes on this spot"

12.

Make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc. Synonyms: gear up, prepare, ready, set, set up. "Prepare for war" , "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"

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"Fixing" Quotes from Famous Books

... small boy with a host of toys about him, anxious to play with all at the same time, and trying to give to each the same undivided attention. The massive candelabra on the table attracted her, so she turned her attention to that, fixing one of its candles as she neared it. Finally, a small water color of her father, which hung on the wall a little to one side, appealed to her as needing adjustment. She paused to regard the profile as she ...

— The Loyalist - A Story of the American Revolution • James Francis Barrett

... for uniform—stopped opposite a very portly sailor whose medal-ribbon was an inch or so too low down. Fixing the man with his eye, the admiral asked: "Did you get that medal for eating, my man?" On the man replying "No, sir," the admiral rapped out: "Then why the deuce do you wear it on ...

— Jokes For All Occasions - Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers • Anonymous

... with an unutterable expression of peace and of joy; and then, fixing his eyes on his mother, he said, "My abode is with God; my companions are the angels; our sole occupation the contemplation of the Divine perfections,—the endless source of all happiness. Eternally united with God, we have no will but His; and our peace is as complete as His Being is infinite. ...

— The Life of St. Frances of Rome, and Others • Georgiana Fullerton

... prevents his contemporaries from fixing their attention exclusively upon the merits of his verse, in how much better case is posterity, if the poet's personality makes its way into the heart of his poetry? We have Browning's dictum ...

— The Poet's Poet • Elizabeth Atkins

... officer fell into an animated conversation over the difference between so-called modern warfare and the present street-fighting and sky-scraper fighting that was taking place all over the city. I followed them intently, fixing up my hair at the same time and pinning together my torn skirts. And all the time the killing of the wounded went on. Sometimes the revolver shots drowned the voices of Garthwaite and the officer, and they were compelled to repeat what they ...

— The Iron Heel • Jack London

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